July 16-August 1, 2009
MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

North Adams explodes with music from Thursday, July 16, through Saturday, August 1, as the fellows and faculty. of the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival use every available space on the MASS MoCA campus and throughout the community to create and perform new music. Join in the fun at daily (except Sundays) gallery recitals at 1:30 and 4:30pm, treat your kids to instrument-making art classes in Kidspace or a morning of musical learning at Kids Can Too, meet Steve Reich on a special weekend devoted to the master of minimalism, and savor the raucous excitement of the Marathon on August 1.

4:30 PM Gallery Recital Schedule

Wed July 29
Morton Feldman's “Why Patterns” performed by festival ensemble

Thurs July 30
Performances by festival ensembles

Friday July 31
Performances by festival ensembles

Read the press release about the festival.

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This project has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.

Festival pianos from Falcetti Music.